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WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN NURSERY-CRIBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,713, dated August29, 1876; application filed July 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that-I, WILLIAM H. THOMP- soN,of Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Nursery-Crib, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 :10, Fig.l; and Fig. 3 represents the device when folded up.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists in making a crib in two divisions, hingedtogether and provided with rails, hinged as hereinafter described.

A is the bottom of the crib, which is carpeted and padded ata a on itsupper surface, and is divided through the center and hinged at b, so asto be capable of folding together tact, as at c in Fig. 3. A railing, defg, surrounds the bottom. The end piece 0 is hinged 'to side piece f ath h, so as to be capable of folding onto it, and is provided with adowel, i, and.hookj, which engage with the end of the side piece d. Theend piece 9 is hinged in a similar manner to the side d, and engages inthe same way with the sidef. The sides d and fare hinged to the bottomat K. The

inside of the railing is cushioned at 1. Casters m are provided forconvenience in moving the crib. The crib can be folded togetherbyloosening the hook j and withdrawing the dowel z, and folding the endpiece 0 on the side piece f, and by loosening the end piece 9, andfolding it in the same way on side d. The sides d and f are now foldedon the bottom, and the bottom folded on itself, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters .Patent- A crib having two sides hinged to bottom, two sideshinged to the corner-posts, and two divisions hinged at I), as shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM H. THOMPSON. Witnesses: LUKE G. BYRNE,

CHARLES H. GLASS.

